Handmaids' News Blog
As we explore some of our archive treasures during the year of our Diamond Jubilee, we share this little feast day card. One of many pasted into a special album displaying some detailed and intricate art skills from our sisters in the past. This is just one sample of the time, talent, and love that went into honoring Our Lady …
The first women who came to attempt the founding of the Handmaids of the Precious Blood didn’t waste any time when they arrived in the mountain canyons of New Mexico in 1947. With their official start being chosen at Pentecost that year, falling on May 25th, they were ready to be clothed in their wine red dresses by the Feast …
We’ve long been preparing for our diamond jubilee of foundation but that doesn’t mean the celebration is limited to one day. We will celebrate all year. There are just too many graces to thank God for in calling into existence our community and our mission in the Church. Only in eternity will we know all that the Lord desired in …
When we published and mailed our Christmas newsletter we announced the cessation of this hard copy bulk mailing due to the increased costs. A typical color printing and mail out ran about $1310 and we can expect higher rates as inflation continues and the economy worsens. We usually have 2 mailings per year. [Black and white is significantly less at …
Many of our family, friends, benefactors, and supporters know that we were founded on May 25th, 1947 on the Feast of Pentecost. That means that beginning in 2022, we celebrate our 75th year since our foundation, our Diamond Jubilee! And we will be marking this milestone all year in thanksgiving for our Founder, Father Gerald Fitzgerald, sP, and for our …
During the holiest week of the year, Holy Week, we have a special communal meal called the Agape. Agape is greek, ἀγάπη, for love. Specifically, it means the highest form of love. Hence it’s a perfect name for the meal in which Our Savior instituted the Priesthood and the Eucharist, the Last Supper, where he ‘loved them to the end’ …
Our community, the Handmaids of the Precious Blood, is an affiliate member of the Institute on Religious Life (IRL). Their ministry is to support religious communities both active and contemplative, male and female. They are an excellent resource for those discerning their vocation and have expanded their apostolate to include the new venues of social media. In addition to their …
Special Holy Hour for Vocations tonight at Saint Mary’s in Oak Ridge Thursday May 12th, 2022 at 6 pm. Oak Ridge was one of the key players in unlocking the power of the atom. But atomic power can’t beat the power of eucharistic adoration. When you adore, you have a front row seat to the greatest power we can experience on …
Special Holy Hour for Vocations today at Saint Dominic’s Wednesday May 11th, 2022 at 7 pm. One can be a mother in many ways! It so happens that on Mother’s Day this year the Church celebrates another maternal aspect of motherhood, that of the spiritual and praying specifically for vocations. The Diocese of Knoxville is participating at these Parishes …
Special Holy Hour for Vocations today at Our Lady of Fatima Monday May 9th, 2022 at 7 pm. One can be a mother in many ways! It so happens that on Mother’s Day this year the Church celebrates another maternal aspect of motherhood, that of the spiritual and praying specifically for vocations. The Diocese of Knoxville is participating …
Special Holy Hour for Vocations today at Saint Therese of Lisieux Friday May 6th, 2022 at 9 am. One can be a mother in many ways! It so happens that on Mother’s Day this year the Church celebrates another maternal aspect of motherhood, that of the spiritual and praying specifically for vocations. The Diocese of Knoxville is participating …
One can be a mother in many ways! It so happens that on Mother’s Day this year the Church celebrates another maternal aspect of motherhood, that of the spiritual and praying specifically for vocations. The Diocese of Knoxville is participating at these Parishes from May 6th though May 12th. Meanwhile, in our cloister at the heart of the Church, …